O-Cresol → HCID 57168616, compound

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Reaction Steps

20 g of o-cresol and 40 g of potassium carbonate are added to a solution of 27.5 g of methyl(2-chloromethyl-4,5-dimethylcyclohexa-1,4-dienyl)methoxyiminoacetate. The mixture is now heated for 14 hours at 65°, cooled to room temperature and filtered with suction, and the filtrate is evaporated. The residue is taken up in 150 ml of ethyl acetate, the mixture is washed with potassium carbonate solution and filtered with suction, and the filtrate is evaporated. In this manner, 34 g of the title compound are obtained as a pale brown oil.

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